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On November 6, in a classroom at Anning Huaqing Middle School in Kunming, Yunnan, a biology teacher required the entire class to balance their open textbooks on their heads while taking a dictation test, claiming it was to prevent cheating. This has been criticized as suspected disguised corporal punishment.
On October 25, a netizen posted a video saying they went to an aid station in Kunming, Yunnan to seek help. After showing their ID card, they were questioned by staff about their intentions. Their request for winter clothes and food was refused with "There's no food, and we don't have clothes yet," and they received no supplies at all.
A student at Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Communications in Chenggong District, Kunming, Yunnan, went missing after being sent by the school to an internship placement. The family repeatedly approached the school with no result, and recently held a banner displaying the child's photo outside the school gate to search for the person, getting into a dispute with police.
According to information posted and published by Twitter user @GFWfrog, slogans or graffiti explicitly mentioning the characters "64" have appeared inside a Kunming metro station. The incident has drawn online attention, and related images show the sensitive number appearing on public facilities.
On October 9, near Xiaobanqiao in Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan, more than ten young people, wearing handcuffs on both hands linked one after another into a long line, were escorted by multiple law enforcement officers on foot across the street. One of them held a loudspeaker playing a propaganda warning that read, "Fighting and brawling will result in detention without exception." Netizens commented, "They've started parading people through the streets now?"
On October 9, near Xiaobanqiao in Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan, more than a dozen youths suspected of fighting and brawling were handcuffed together in a long chain and escorted on foot across the street by multiple law enforcement officers. One of them held a loudspeaker playing a propaganda warning that read, "Fighting and brawling will be detained without exception." Netizens questioned, "Have they started parading people through the streets?"
On October 1, 2026, the CCP's National Day of Mourning, an inverted blood-red five-star flag appeared at the entrance of Kunming Trinity International Church, and related photos subsequently spread online.
On September 30, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred in Panlong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. In some residents' homes, chandeliers shook violently and wall plaster fell off. Teaching buildings and facilities at schools including Yunnan Normal University Affiliated Middle School and the Longquan Campus of the University of Finance and Economics were damaged to varying degrees.
A psychologist at the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University displayed his backend September consultation records, showing a large number of teenagers becoming the patient group of the psychiatry department, generally facing anxiety, depression, insomnia, school aversion and psychological disorders, with notes involving parental pressure, family changes, campus bullying and academic stress among other reasons.
Min Zin, director of a Myanmar think tank, was arrested in June while attending an academic conference in Kunming, charged with espionage and endangering state security. His wife, Sylvia, testified before the U.S. Congress on September 17, calling on Trump to secure her husband's release during his meeting with Xi Jinping next week.
Yunnan Jiuji Technology Co., Ltd. (Jiuji Network) internally implements a "Striving Value" system, quantifying employees' overtime hours and daily behavior as core indicators for performance appraisal and daily management.
Kunming police stated that Du某 fabricated false internship information to gain traffic and was administratively detained, while netizens questioned the discrepancies between the report and the merchant's account.
On September 9, 2026, the Scholars at Risk Network released an email addressed to Xi Jinping, urging the Chinese government to immediately and unconditionally release the Burmese-American scholar Min Htin, who was detained at Kunming Airport on June 3 and later accused of suspected espionage. The email was also copied to several officials on both the Chinese and American sides. This is the second time in two weeks that the organization has spoken out for Min Htin.
In the early hours of August 18, 2026, an exceptionally heavy rainstorm suddenly hit urban Kunming in Yunnan, causing severe urban flooding. Roads in multiple areas of the main urban district remained severely submerged until that afternoon, and traffic came to a standstill.
A fire broke out during the loading and unloading of yellow phosphorus at Yunnan Kunming Haoming Fine Phosphorus Chemical Co., Ltd., lasting more than ten hours and producing a large plume of white smoke, triggering throat discomfort and evacuations among nearby residents and halting the company's production.